The Second Lady of Ghana, Mrs Samira Bawumia, has charged the World Health Organization (WHO) to prioritise discussions on clean cooking solutions and its impact on women’s wellbeing, at the first WHO Global Conference on Air Pollution and Health. This, she noted, at the pre-conference workshop, held ahead of the three-day program, in Geneva. Addressing […]
The second lady, Hajia Samira Bawumia has launched the five year Nursing and Midwifery Strategic plan and Services Framework (2019-2023) She stressed on the need for the country’s health workers to be adequately resourced and motivated to give off their best, especially, as Ghana works towards achieving Universal Health Coverage (UHC). Hajia Samira Bawumia was […]
Former medical director at the Accra ridge hospital, now the Greater Accra Regional Hospital, Dr. Thomas Anaba has received the hospital of the year award at the 7th African health legendary awards 2018. Dr. Anaba who is currently the Chief Executive Officer of Habana Hospital in Tamae was grateful to the organizers of the annual […]
The Samira Empowerment and Humanitarian Projects (SEHP), founded by the Second Lady, Hajia Samira Bawumia in partnership with the Turkish Coordination And Cooperation Agency (TiKA) and the Turkish Embassy in Accra, have donated Neurosurgery equipment and supplies worth over GHc 200,000 to the neurosurgery unit of the Greater Accra Regional Hospital at Ridge in Accra. […]
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has rubbished claims by sections of the public, particularly, the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) that he collapsed during the weekend and that accounted for his visit to the 37 military hospital. According to the President, those whose political fortunes depend on his collapse will not see their dream manifest […]
The First Lady, Mrs. Rebecca Akufo-Addo has commissioned two massive projects at the Cape Coast Teaching Hospital in the Central Regional capital. The state of the art projects are the Anokye Yeboah Mothers’ Hostel and an Obstetrics and Gynaecology Emergency Centre. Built by a philanthropist, Mr. Gustav Anokye-Yeboah, the gesture, according to the First Lady […]
The United Kingdom has appointed the worlds’ first ever Minister for suicide prevention, Jackie Dyle-Price over concerns of increasing numbers of people taking their lives in that country. The move, intended to tackle the tragedy of 4,500 people taking their own lives in England each year, comes on World Mental Health Day. Jackie Doyle-Price, a […]
President of the Coalition of Allied Health Professionals, Bright Bell says trainee nurses in the country whose allowances have been in arrears for between 3 and 5 months have regretted buying into then candidate Akufo-Addo’s promise to restore their allowances, prompting them to vote for him and the ruling New Patriotic Party. Speaking on Accra […]
The Deputy Director of public health and acting Regional Director of health services Dr. Abdulai Abukari has lamented the dwindling numbers of medical doctors in the upper west region as one big hindrance to the provision of quality health care delivery. He said that upper west region produces a huge number of both medical and […]
HIV ambassador Joyce Dzidzor Mensah has taken a dig at her fans on Facebook for not contributing to help her sustain her live HIV education. According to her, the 3 thousand plus weekly viewers on the social media platform have failed to support her keep the campaign running. She voiced her frustration on her page […]
The Accra Metropolitan Assembly has issued a health alert that there will be heaps of uncollected waste in parts of the city as a result of the refusal of Zoomlion drivers to report for duty. A statement issued by the Assembly a while ago and intercepted by BestNewsGH.com said the drivers withdrew their service this […]
Head of public Relations at the ministry of Health Robert Cudjoe has been removed from office as communications Officer of the health ministry. Mr. Robert Cudjoe has since been replaced with one Elorm Ametepe who until his appointment was working with the information Services Department at the ministry of information. A statement issued and signed […]
